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GIVE
ME A BREAK! - The new National WIA DISASTER, or is it?.

12\8\2004

Have
we gone from a catastrophe to Armageddon for AR? In the 13 August Edition
of the WIA National News, the WIA National President asked .... "What
do you want us to do". If they don't know by now, where in real
trouble. After all, they now get all the money from sub's.

I
wait patiently each week to hear the WIA National News .... LITERALLY...
and where lucky to get any. Not - what are the responsibilities of
the new WIA, what they intend to do, just NOTHING. They put across an
attitude that now their is a National body every Amateur is going to run
and be a member. Well I have NEWS for them .... until the WIA
actually does some work and truly represents the important interest's of
Amateurs they will only head for dooms day ... and unfortunately, that's
exactly where I think the WIA is heading, FAST.

Further,
it seems as they think all they have to do is balance the cheque book as
they often refer to the clubs being vitally important. In other words
they want the clubs to do all the work. As an example, they MUST support
the many, esp. country repeaters that don't have the members to keep them
going financially or they will disappear along with the country AR
activity. The Clubs just cant do all the work. IT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN ... Clubs and Individuals are doing more than their fair share
now. I ask you ... what does the WIA do???? ... well, they seem to be
representing us to the ACA, but that's about all. Have they ever
saved a chunk of Spectrum from going missing??

Now
that they have rushed in to this National WIA with different deals with
different States, many Amateurs now have to pay sub's to their State Branch
and the Federal WIA ... that's a move forward isn't it!!! How are
they going to coordinate anything Nation Wide with this situation???

Look
around, 95% of anything important that is being done for AR is done by
individuals or groups and clubs .... WHY ... because the WIA wouldn't or
couldn't do it! Wherever these people come from and wherever their
ideologies come from, they have to realise that they need to start using a
Private Enterprise Ideology to get this hobby organised, respected and
utilised to A LEVEL IT DESERVES for the benefit of Amateurs and Society
generally.

Here
are just a few things they MUST DO for the survival of our great hobby.

Be
FULLY Democratic ... if they are capable. Have full, open
and informed voting systems where you know who and what your
voting for.

Aggressively
coordinate a National campaign to obtain Gov. Grants for the
numerous obvious projects and benefits to AR.

Stop
opting out on their responsibilities. The WIA needs helpers
in every State so they are able to coordinate Aust. wide
campaigns and projects and get local feed back. THIS IS NOT
A JOB FOR THE CLUBS! ... their already doing more than their fair
share.

Start
telling us EVERY WEEK exactly what their doing in EVERY area AND IN
DETAIL. (This is what the National News main
function is ... isn't it?)

Aggressively
represent us to the ACA re Spectrum, BPL ect. Consider a
full time payed expert.

Create
a 1800 number that's available 24\7 where interested persons can
talk to an Amateur without delay, get sent a comprehensive
promotional kit, organise a Shack Demo for them and be put in
contact with several nearest AR Clubs\Groups.

Create
and coordinate a Nation wide Shack Demo. system for people
interested in AR.

Coordinate
a National campaign to promote our hobby and inform EVERY
Australian about it's existence.

Create
Kits for Amateurs wanting to do school demonstrations and for the
Head Masters\Mistress and teachers for the different age groups.

Organise
an EFFICIENT and accessible exam and
marking system Nation wide and country wide.

Start
supporting the individuals and clubs that do
GREAT THINGS AND MOST OF THE WORK for AR,
with financial assistance and support! ... and GET
RID OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE AND CHILDISH ATTITUDE OF .. "well
its not the WIA's, so we cant be associated with it"
STUPIDITY. START WORKING TOGETHER! for AR, and stop
destroying it. GROW UP!

Get
National Presidents\Directors on the 9500 reflector for 2 hours
every week to answer questions along with a separate session with
the WIA National State "helpers". Be accountable and
learn from this, at present non existent interaction with the
Amateurs they purport to represent!

I
could write 10 pages of what the WIA needs to do, couldn't you??? yet they
NEVER seem to have any idea and spend all their time in secret
meetings. It looks BAD, I'm giving them another month and if any
group comes along that sounds remotely like they know how to represent AR
and are willing to work for this amazing hobby to a level it deserves, well
IM WITH THEM!

SUBMITTED
BY ... Rob ... VK5MM a long time ago!

In Reply to
Post of 12\8\2004

20\4\2006

Hello Rob,

I admire the
work you do to promote amateur radio. However, I regret that you
found it necessary to publicise the letter by 'anonamouse', or should
I say 'mouse like squeaks'! It is so easy to criticise. It is much
harder to get in and do some work. The WIA is a society of volunteers
who carve out of their leisure, family and work responsibilties time
to put something back into the hobby. As a member (since 1974) and
supporter of the WIA and, someone who appreciates the work done on
our behalf by the directors (all volunteers) and the officers (all
volunteers, with the exception of the office staff member), I regret
the uninformed rubbish proffered by 'anonamouse'. Perhaps she/he is
simply only stirring which might explain the lack of courage in
appending a name.